Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

زَرَّاقَةٌ

Root: زرق

Full Definition

زَرَّاقَةٌ , with fet-h and teshdeed, A short javelin; i. e. a spear shorter than the مِزْرَاقٌ: pl. زَرَارِيقُ.
2 Also i. q. مِنْضَحَةٌ; (IAar, L and K in art. نضح; in some copies of the K, زُرَّاقَة; and in the CK زَرافَة;) i. e. An instrument made of copper, or brass, for shooting forth naphtha [into a besieged place].


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